Fri 4 Under the Tree storytelling in Northwood Park for the Biosphere Festival. Tickets

Fri 4 Care in the Garden Music and Food Social 18.00-21.00 with Second Time Around playing. Booking essential Tickets £12.95 eventbrite.com

Sat 5 Folk themed Mardi Gras ‘Our Folktastic Isle’ from 12.00 Ryde. Morris dancing 14.00 at St Thomas’s Square Ryde before procession arrives 15.20 approximately

Tue 22 Carnabys Fringe Folk Day at Carnaby’s Diner, Ventnor from 14.00 until 21.30. with Sea Gels Shanty Band, The Anywhens, Richard Hughes, Steve Love, The Crew, Second Time Around and Razorjake. Free entry but it is advisable to book a table for this event Tel 01983 629551.

Sat 26 2nd Time Around presents ‘Across the Pond’, exploring the origins and development of Appalacian music and wider American music genres. At Ventnor Arts Club for Ventnor Fringe 16.45 start Tickets £11.50 Tickets